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I was stationed in Norfolk, Virginia, for a while, about which the less said the better, and then I was in the Mediterranean, about which the more said the better. ↗

— Harry Mathews

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It's true, I had an extremely delicious life, but that was my life at home, and perhaps because I was only a child, or for whatever reasons, I found the company of others, especially other boys, quite terrifying and upsetting. ↗

— Harry Mathews

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Music had been my first love among the arts, and I was fascinated by it, as I still am. ↗

— Harry Mathews

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My Life in CIA is the first time that I've ever written a story in my own name. ↗

— Harry Mathews

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My mother could never understand why I didn't write a thriller, which I've finally done. ↗

— Harry Mathews

#done #finally #i #mother #never

Well, I had this little notion - I started writing when I was eleven, writing poetry. I was passionately addicted to it; it was my great refuge through adolescence. ↗

— Harry Mathews

#adolescence #eleven #great #had #i

You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat. ↗

— Christy Mathewson

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I owe everything I have to them when I'm out there on the mound. But I owe the fans nothing and they owe me nothing when I am not pitching. ↗

— Christy Mathewson

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Music is the best way for me to say I love you. ↗

— Mireille Mathieu

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But I am very grateful for my success, and with success, of course, comes a whole lot of celebrity. ↗

— Johnny Mathis

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